Did you know?

• You can only hold certain executive positions within the IEEE if you are a Senior Member.
• You can only become an IEEE Fellow if you are a Senior Member.

IEEE designated fields:

IEEE Fields are broad and it is not just for electrical Engineers. IEEE-designated fields are: Engineering; Computer Sciences and Information Technology; Physical Sciences Biological and Medical Sciences; Mathematics; Technical Communications; Education; Management; Law and Policy.

Applicant Responsibility:
Whether through self nomination or other form of nomination, applicants for Senior Membership elevation must complete the Application form online at https://www.ieee.org/membership/senior/

• Application form must include:
  • 10 years professional practice inclusive of five (5) years significant performance in any of the IEEE designated fields.
  • Upload of Resume/CV and other supporting documentation.
  • Three References if self nominated or Two References if nominated by a Senior Member or Fellow grade.
• Follow up with references to support your application in a timely manner (within 1-2 weeks) prior to panel review.
• Provide your references with your CV or resume to assist with filling the information required of them as your referee.

Some significant performance indicators used by the review panel review application include but are not limited to:

Teaching:

• Faculty developing courses within the IEEE designated fields that are innovative and unique
• Undergraduate teachers demonstrating excellence and dedication that might exceptional student accomplishments or include coaching in Lego League or Robotics. (teachers who are engineers and computer scientists)
• Performing research with some measure of success (e.g. refereed papers)
• Publishing in high level recognized journals
• Publication of technical papers, books or inventions/patents
• Department Chair title
• Supervising successful PhD students

Research:

• Performing research with some measure of success (e.g. refereed papers)
• Responsible for or a significant contributor to invention(s)/patent(s) advancing technologies
• Significant contributions related to standards development (e.g., chair, project editor)

Industry:

• Patents issued
• Technical direction or leadership of important technical or professional work with evidence of accomplishment
• Recognized leadership, often as Team leader, supervisor, program manager, project manager or director titles
• Substantial design, development or project responsibility, or achievement
• Significant contributions related to standards development (e.g., chair, project editor)

Other Contributions within the IEEE designated fields"

• Professional awards, licenses may be considered as substantiation of professional experience and performance
• Recognized contributions to the welfare of technical profession (e.g. IEEE Volunteer efforts especially positions of leadership on major IEEE boards and societies)
• Contributes significant technical content, not within the scope of the IEEE fields
  of interest, to IEEE standards, e.g., medical content to an IEEE standard for
  medical equipment.
• Technical Editing – generally of recognized journals, etc.
• Patent Prosecution or Patent Law or Intellectual Property– provided these contributions serve to advance progress substantially in IEEE designated fields

How can we assist members to be elevated to Senior Member Rank?

• We will assist you to identify references to support your application if you contact advisor@ieee-sem.org
• Be sure to attach your resume or CV as part of the application.
• Ensure your Collabratec member profile is updated and visible to other IEEE members.
• We will try to match your Resume/CV and connect you to a suitable reference who is able to assist you.

Other inks

https://www.ieee.org/about/volunteers/membership-development/senior-member.html

Biography:

Mohamad Berri is the Advisor of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section and the Chair for the Membership Development Committee.  

Email:

Sharan Kalwani of dataSwing

Some of the benefits of Senior member status include: 

Recognition: The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence. Announcement of your elevation can be made in Section/Society and/or local newsletters, newspapers, and notices.

Complimentary Society Membership: You will receive one new IEEE Society for free

Leadership Eligibility: Senior members are eligible to hold executive IEEE volunteer positions.

Review Panel: Senior members are invited to be on the panel to review Senior member applications.

Senior Member Plaque: An engraved plaque you can proudly display to colleagues, clients, and employers.

Letter of Commendation: A letter of commendation on the achievement of Senior member grade will be sent to your employer (upon request).

Biography:

A seasoned scientifc, technical and computing professional, Sharan has spent over 25+ years implementing many new and pioneering technologies from operating systems (UNIX/BSD/UNICOS/Irix/Linux/Solaris/), high performance computing (Cray, SGI, various clusters), engineering applications (CAE/CFD simulation software), optimization, networking (TCP/IP, Infiniband), operations (ITIL, ITSM), scientific domain (BioInformatics), and project management. An inspiring speaker and author, Sharan looks to raise the professional approach of every individual he interacts with. He has worked in many diverse areas and is a sought after speaker at many conferences and seminars, such as Supercomputing, HPC Advisory Council, SIAM, Infiniband Trade Association, Association of Information Technology Professionals, etc.

He enjoys teaching, contributing to STEM activities and publishing. He is a senior member of IEEE, ACM, Emeritus member of Michigan!/usr/group (mug.org), and leads the SEMCO.ORG. He has published a book on the topic: "UNIX and TCP/IP network security" " ISBN: 1581430213; and is now working on his second text, about a new computer programming language. He has been the Chair of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section since November 2021 and has held various officer roles in different chapters of the Southeastern Michigan IEEE. He also serves as one of the writers/editors of the Sections monthly newsletter - Wavelengths. He has also served as Vice-Chair of IEEE Sustech 2022, IEEE SusTech 2021 Global Conferences. He is the recipient of:

* 2018 IEEE MGA Achievement award,
* 2021 IEEE Region 4 Jack Sherman award
* 2022 Robert Neff Section award
* 2024 IEEE Region 4 Outstanding Service Award
all for his numerous contributions over the years towards various multi-faceted IEEE activities.

Email:

Address:Rochester, United States, 48306